Man Who Claims He s COVID-19 Positive Spits On Cop; Gets Two Year Jail Sentence
Dec 14 2020, 04:40AM EST
An Oregon man faces a jail-term of two years for allegedly spitting on a cop after suggesting that he was infected with COVID-19. Daniel Ray Stubblefield, a 36-year-old serial offender with a history of aggravated harassment and menacing, has been battling mental health and alcohol issues. The officer however tested was negative for the virus.
“Most of the time, I can’t even remember these things when I’m told what I’ve done,” said Stubblefield to Judge Alison Emerson, during his sentencing in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Thursday. “I just wake up in jail. I’ve been trying very hard to beat this addiction. I’m sorry to all that I’ve hurt.”
A Bend man with a long history of criminal convictions will serve more than two years in prison after spitting on a police officer and telling him he was infected with COVID-19.
Daniel Ray Stubblefield, 36, was sentenced in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Thursday for aggravated harassment and menacing.
As part of his plea deal, three other pending cases against him were dismissed.
Stubblefield is diagnosed with schizophrenia and struggles with alcohol addiction, he told the court. The recent cases allege, among other charges, assaulting police officers, punching and biting his brother, screaming at and frightening his sister and refusing to leave his familyâs house after arriving there uninvited.